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Nicoya was the name of the monarch who ruled this nation at the time of contact with the Europeans. As it happened with most of the cacicazgos in Costa Rican soil, the Spaniards gave the territory the name of their ruler. This king has been called Nicoa, Nicoya, Nicoián or Nicoyán, etc., the word seems to be a Hispanicization of an indigenous ...
The poorer populations of Santa Cruz and Nicoya were more identified with each other than with the village of Guanacaste, since Nicoya was a city populated mostly by indigenous people and Santa Cruz was inhabited by ladinos, while the inhabitants of Guanacaste were descendants of Spaniards and large landowners. The large cattle ranches were ...
When conquistador Gil Gonzalez Dávila entered Nicoya in 1523, it was the largest cacicazgo (chiefdom) on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Though it is often surmised that the city and peninsula of Nicoya derive their name from a cacique Nicoa (or Nicoya) who welcomed Dávila and his men, actually Nicoya took its name from the Nahuatl appellation Necoc Īāuh, literally "on both sides its ...
Nicoya is a district and head city of the Nicoya canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica, located on the Nicoya Peninsula. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is one of the country's most important tourist zones; it serves as a transport hub to Guanacaste's beaches and national parks .
The Nicoya culture was the largest cacicazgo on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. [1] The central and southern portions of the country belonged to the Isthmo-Colombian cultural area with strong Muisca influences, as these were part of territories occupied predominantly by speakers of the Chibchan languages .
Advanced Placement (AP) United States Government and Politics (often shortened to AP Gov or AP GoPo and sometimes referred to as AP American Government or simply AP Government) is a college-level course and examination offered to high school students through the College Board's Advanced Placement Program.
Also known as Nicoya´s annexation to Costa Rica in 1824. The land had three major cities: Nicoya, Santa Cruz, and Liberia. After a few negotiations in open meetings, the three cities decided to call a referendum, which took place in Nicoya. It was a divided decision, with Nicoya and Santa Cruz voting yes and Liberia voting no. So the ...
The Partido de Nicoya was a major part of what is now the Guanacaste province in Costa Rica. Originally the territory was bounded on the northeast by the La Flor river and Lake Cocibolca , or Lake Nicaragua, on the south by Costa Rica ( Gulf of Nicoya , Tempisque River, Salto River), and on the east by a line that joins the northernmost part of ...